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Lord Grey and His Spy
In a world where duty clashes with desire, an heir’s heart is put to the ultimate test.
Lord Grey is left heartbroken and embroiled in family conflicts when his lover vanishes without a trace. His life is a void of aching loneliness until Sam reappears, disguised as a gardener on Grey’s estate. Stunned to discover that Sam isn’t the humble bricklayer he once adored, Grey is thrust into a shadowy world of espionage. Together, they must uncover a traitor selling weapons to England’s enemies.
Amidst deception and chaos, Grey must learn to trust again and convince his elusive spy that they are perfect together. But will duty and divided loyalties tear them apart?Grab your copy of this riveting gay Regency novel of passion, intrigue, and redemption from award-winning romance author Stephanie Lake.
Lord Grey is left heartbroken and embroiled in family conflicts when his lover vanishes without a trace. His life is a void of aching loneliness until Sam reappears, disguised as a gardener on Grey’s estate. Stunned to discover that Sam isn’t the humble bricklayer he once adored, Grey is thrust into a shadowy world of espionage. Together, they must uncover a traitor selling weapons to England’s enemies.
Amidst deception and chaos, Grey must learn to trust again and convince his elusive spy that they are perfect together. But will duty and divided loyalties tear them apart?Grab your copy of this riveting gay Regency novel of passion, intrigue, and redemption from award-winning romance author Stephanie Lake.
150 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 30, 2025
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July 1, 2025
My god, what an utter disappointment!
#8 in The Regency Lords series, but apparently also in another spy series that isn't stated absolutely anywhere.
This is the second book about Lord Grey and Sam and another one will soon follow. So, the disastrous saga isn't over yet.
🟣 Lord/this time a gardener (undercover spy)
🟢 Reunion after 5-6 months
🔵 So many subplots my head hurt
🟡 Additional side characters
🟠 Dialogues are awful
🔵 Florian is back
🌶️ Some sex, a lot off-page; penetrative; t/b (told it was vers in the last book, but we didn't get to read about it)
Grey is heartbroken because Sam left in the middle of the night in their previous book, on the night they were supposed to have a special dinner and Grey was supposed to propose or something similar? We don't know about the little box's contents he's keeping by his side.
Sam comes back, because he's sent back investigating a criminal, but he also misses Grey, so - the plot about the firearms doesn't get resolved or even developed properly, something is told about Sam's past that makes Grey forgive him and for most of the book we get other subplots and side characters, but almost nothing with Grey and Sam. Most of the story was about Grey's future stepmother!
Sam is supposed to be a spy, yet that part is completely, completely underdeveloped. How does he fit in here, what's he doing, who's he looking for? In comes another side character both him and Gray know and we get a few dialogues resembling a terrible, pompous British movie and that's it, that's all you get.
The story isn't well told. It's superficial and scattered, not readable and definitely doesn't bring you a satisfying full circle moment for Grey and Sam's relationship.
Another thing that really blew me was the appearance of Florian - remember Florian and his garden? Well, apparently a lot has happened since his two novellas with Everett, he's now living with Grey, who's his cousin and he's part of the family, Florian's also broken up with Everett! Oh, we've had a few good years, but we wanted different things - and that was the end of that.
Well damn, thanks for telling us! A whole book is missing here prior to the events in this one. So much is off-page, it's ridiculous.
What an amazing character Grey is and just imagine what his story could've been.
Yes, I'm going to continue reading this trainwreck of a series, lord knows why.
#8 in The Regency Lords series, but apparently also in another spy series that isn't stated absolutely anywhere.
This is the second book about Lord Grey and Sam and another one will soon follow. So, the disastrous saga isn't over yet.
🟣 Lord/this time a gardener (undercover spy)
🟢 Reunion after 5-6 months
🔵 So many subplots my head hurt
🟡 Additional side characters
🟠 Dialogues are awful
🔵 Florian is back
🌶️ Some sex, a lot off-page; penetrative; t/b (told it was vers in the last book, but we didn't get to read about it)
Grey is heartbroken because Sam left in the middle of the night in their previous book, on the night they were supposed to have a special dinner and Grey was supposed to propose or something similar? We don't know about the little box's contents he's keeping by his side.
Sam comes back, because he's sent back investigating a criminal, but he also misses Grey, so - the plot about the firearms doesn't get resolved or even developed properly, something is told about Sam's past that makes Grey forgive him and for most of the book we get other subplots and side characters, but almost nothing with Grey and Sam. Most of the story was about Grey's future stepmother!
Sam is supposed to be a spy, yet that part is completely, completely underdeveloped. How does he fit in here, what's he doing, who's he looking for? In comes another side character both him and Gray know and we get a few dialogues resembling a terrible, pompous British movie and that's it, that's all you get.
The story isn't well told. It's superficial and scattered, not readable and definitely doesn't bring you a satisfying full circle moment for Grey and Sam's relationship.
Another thing that really blew me was the appearance of Florian - remember Florian and his garden? Well, apparently a lot has happened since his two novellas with Everett, he's now living with Grey, who's his cousin and he's part of the family, Florian's also broken up with Everett! Oh, we've had a few good years, but we wanted different things - and that was the end of that.
Well damn, thanks for telling us! A whole book is missing here prior to the events in this one. So much is off-page, it's ridiculous.
What an amazing character Grey is and just imagine what his story could've been.
Yes, I'm going to continue reading this trainwreck of a series, lord knows why.
June 30, 2025
Disappointing. No substance.
This is a sequel to a fine prior book, but "Spy" is a waste of time. Zero character development, no tension, a tired and exceedingly thin plot line - not worthy of this author. Truly a disappointment. Read the prior book, skip this one.
This is a sequel to a fine prior book, but "Spy" is a waste of time. Zero character development, no tension, a tired and exceedingly thin plot line - not worthy of this author. Truly a disappointment. Read the prior book, skip this one.
July 13, 2025
Second in Lord Grey’s and Sam’s story, complications and misunderstandings abound. Lord Grey is deeply depressed when Sam disappears, his ruthlessly determined friend Annabelle is set to marry Grey’s immoral father, Grey and Florian are forced into the Victorian style marriage market, and of course any same sex relationship is illegal and damaging to a noble family.
This story was a bit confusing and disjointed at times for two reasons that I can discern. First, Stephanie Lake leaves a huge gap between the first book and this sequel. So much was missing to link events together that I thought I had forgotten something from book one and went back to review the ending. Nope! Didn’t miss a thing so I just had to “hang in there” trying to figure out how Annabelle got so far into Grey’s life, what happened to Sam on the roof (book one), and how Grey’s father, aunt, and uncle came to know about Grey’s affair with Sam such that they had the power to force him to marry! Huh!? Eventually the story is pieced together, sort of, and some satisfactory resolutions are achieved. I’m still a tad confused about some of it though. Secondly, the AI narration causes confusion by incorrect gaps in sentences, up lilt or down lilt incorrectly used, and other odd nuances that lead to (brief) question marks in my mind. I know AI narration is seriously less expensive than human voice actors but eventually Lake will have to decide whether one of her books deserves a narration that elevates her creative work, or not.
In the meantime I shall continue to read/listen to her Victorian mm romances with enjoyment.
This story was a bit confusing and disjointed at times for two reasons that I can discern. First, Stephanie Lake leaves a huge gap between the first book and this sequel. So much was missing to link events together that I thought I had forgotten something from book one and went back to review the ending. Nope! Didn’t miss a thing so I just had to “hang in there” trying to figure out how Annabelle got so far into Grey’s life, what happened to Sam on the roof (book one), and how Grey’s father, aunt, and uncle came to know about Grey’s affair with Sam such that they had the power to force him to marry! Huh!? Eventually the story is pieced together, sort of, and some satisfactory resolutions are achieved. I’m still a tad confused about some of it though. Secondly, the AI narration causes confusion by incorrect gaps in sentences, up lilt or down lilt incorrectly used, and other odd nuances that lead to (brief) question marks in my mind. I know AI narration is seriously less expensive than human voice actors but eventually Lake will have to decide whether one of her books deserves a narration that elevates her creative work, or not.
In the meantime I shall continue to read/listen to her Victorian mm romances with enjoyment.
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